How to Cook Air Fryer Steak: Perfect and Juicy

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Best Air Fryer Steak Recipe

Here’s our perfect and easy recipe for air fryer steak. It truly is so easy, it’s hard to believe that steak can come out so juicy and delicious! Our air fryer steak recipe is perfect for two and within minutes, steak dinner is served. You can adjust cooking times to your preferred doneness. Just add some butter or oil, then salt and pepper to the steaks. We add some garlic salt sometimes for extra flavor. Air fry the steaks and the steaks will come out fantastic! Serve it with a baked potato, mushrooms, a salad, pasta or what ever you want to complete your wonderful steak dinner. You’ll be so pleased with air fried steak that you’ll want to eat it more often. So good and so juicy!

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How to Cook Air Fryer Steak

Lightly oil steak and season with salt and pepper 

Air fry the steak then flip the steak

Air fry again and let steak rest before serving. Perfect and juicy! 

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What are the Best Air Fryers?

There’s so many on the market now. You just need to research and find the ones that fits your needs, capacity and style. We group the basket style air fryers into 2 main size groups: 3-4 qt range & the 5-6 qt. range.  Here’s our favorites:

Cosori 3.7 qt. Digital Air Fryer – “That’s a stylish Air Fryer” was said as we unboxed the Cosori. Beyond being stylish, it has cooked great. The basket is not as tall and wider than most in its size group, which is perfect. You’ll have a lot better results in an air fryer with single layered, spread out foods, then with ones piled high and thick.
The non-stick basket style (non-wire base) & smoothness of the basket tray is also great for clean up.

Tidylife 4.2 qt. Digital Air Fryer – We have been super pleased with the TidyLife Air Fryer. Texture for several dishes came out noticeably better than many other brands. This one tends to cook a little hotter and quicker.
The non-stick basket style (non-wire base) & smoothness of the basket tray is great for cleaning up.

Tiluxury 5.8 qt. Digital Air Fryer – It’s a good larger air fryer capable of cooking for larger families, especially when you need to cook more food. It’s great for cooking bigger batches (ie 4 salmon fillets instead of 2 or 2 lbs of fries instead of 1).
We like that this Tiluxury 5.8 qt has the non-stick basket (non-wire base). Makes for less sticking for delicate meals (ie baked fish fillets).  And we like the digital interface (easier cleaning).

GoWise 5.8 qt. Digital Air Fryer – Another good larger air fryer. All the things we loved about the Tiluxury 5.8 qt, we love about this one too. Great size for families. Non-stick basket. Has a nice cooking range (180°F-400°F).
We’re super pleased with both this one and the Tiluxury. Choosing between the two is mostly up to which you like the look better.

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Air Fryer Steak

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Steak sizes will vary in length and thickness, and different cuts will cook at different rates, so you can add or reduce cooking time if needed to cook to your preferred texture.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Air Fryer

Servings: 2 Servings

Calories: 373 kcal

Ingredients

• 2   (6 oz.) steaks , 3/4" thick rinsed and patted dry
• 1 teaspoon olive oil , to coat
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
• salt , to taste
• pepper , to taste
• butter

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Directions

1. Lightly coat steaks with olive oil. Season both sides of steaks with garlic powder (optional), salt and pepper (we'll usually season liberally with salt & pepper).

2. Preheat the Air Fryer at 400°F for 4 minutes.

3. Air Fry for 400°F for 10-18 minutes, flipping halfway though (cooking time dependent on how thick and cold the steaks are plus how done you prefer your steaks).
4. If you want steaks to be cooked more, add additional 3-6 minutes cooking time.
5. Add pat of butter on top of steak, cover with foil and allow steak to rest for 5 minutes.
6. Season with additional salt and pepper, if needed. Serve immediately.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

• Recipes were cooked in 3-4 qt air fryers. If using a larger air fryer, the recipe might cook quicker so adjust cooking time.
• If cooking in more than two steaks, make sure not to overcrowd the Air Fryer basket. If needed, cook in batches to avoid overcrowding. The first batch will take longer to cook if Air Fryer is not already pre-heated.
• Remember to set a timer to shake/flip/toss the food as directed in recipe.